Work To Begin On N. Dixie, Lewis Ave.

Construction will start on both N. Dixie Hwy. in Frenchtown Township and Lewis Ave. in Ida Township this week, the Monroe County Road Commission has announced.

And Romine Rd. from Will Car­leton Dr. to Newburg Rd. in Ash Township will be under construc­tion for the next three months, These are among several large local road projects planned in the region in the next few weeks.

The first improvement on N. Di­xie will be milling and resurfacing the existing asphalt surface, said Shawn Satterfield, project man­ager for the road commission.

Road resurfacing is slated to start on Lewis between Todd and Lulu Rds. On N. Dixie, work will proceed between N. Stony Creek Rd. to Point aux Peaux Rd. The schedule, weather permitting, in­cludes milling on Monday, edge repairs on Tuesday and Wednes­day and repaving on Thursday and Friday.

During construction on both N. Dixie and Lewis, the two roads will remain open to traffic, but will be temporarily reduced to one- lane, two- way traffic con­trolled by flaggers during working hours.

During working hours, motor­ists can expect long delays in the construction zones, Ms. Satter­field said Friday in her weekly road construction report.

“At times, the intersections with side streets will be limited to one­way movements by traffic regu­lators and left turns prohibited,” she said.

Crews for Barrett Paving and Springline Excavating will be re­building Romine, a north- south artery near Guardian Glass Corp. During the initial phase of the project, Romine will be open to all traffic with traffic control and flaggers in place on an as-needed basis, Ms. Satterfield said.

Later phases of the project will involve “partial and complete clo­sures of Romine” and further in­formation

will be provided as the work progresses.

“ Delays should be expected and local traffic is encouraged to find alternate routes during this work,” the project manager said.

Meanwhile, zone patching with pavers is scheduled on a half­dozen streets in the county. The roads will be open to through traf­fic during construction. However, there could be possible delays at times.